Share the Road Freight Elevator

For each New Yorker riding to work in NYC every day there is another commuter who leaves their bike at home for fear of it being stolen. City Councilmember Adolfo Carrion is sponsoring legislation that will help eliminate this impediment for bike commuters. The soon-to-be proposed legislation will make it unlawful for a building owner or management company to prohibit entrance to tenants with bicycles in buildings equipped with freight elevators.

Most large buildings have freight elevators but restrict bike access for irrational reasons ranging from the fear of explosive lubricating grease to fear of the unknown. In buildings that already provide access, there are rarely problems. In fact, compliance with the law would not generate any costs and has the potential of boosting the number of employees in that building who would consider cycling to work.

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